Name _______________________ Mr.

Gordon's 7th Grade Ancient History Class

Greece Unit 2 Study Guide

• Know the map from Unit 1 and all of the terms

Chapter 8: Rise of Athens

• Solon and his reforms

• What did Athens value?

• “Tyrannos”

• Peisistratus and his reforms

• Dionysius of Syracuse

Chapter 9: Greek Slavery

• Upper class opinion of slaves

• Role of religion and slavery

• Who were slaves and what jobs did they do?

• Treatment of slaves

• Pasion & Aesop

Chapter 10: Greek Childhood

• Wealthy vs. poor Greek children

• Education

• Greek marriage

• Virtue of men/women

• “Exposed” babies

• Greek diet

Chapter 11: Greek Women

• Miscellaneous opinions of Greek women (Herodotus, Thucydides, Homer, Hesiod, Simonides)

 & general opinion of the role of Greek women

• Example of Penelope & the Odyssey

• Purpose of women

• “On Proper Behavior of Wives” by Phintys

• What did women do (or were supposed to do)?

• Maenads

• Amazons

Chapter 12: Sparta

• Spartan government

• 2 Kings

• Gerousia

• Ephors

• Spartan society

• Helots

• Perioeci

• “Equals”

• Athenian opinion (likes/dislikes) of Sparta

• Life of boys/girls in ancient Sparta

Chapter 13: War with Persia

• Aristagoras

• Battle of Marathon

• Themistocles

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Salamis
Chapter 14: Democracy in Athens

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Government of Athens

• Democracy

• 10 Generals

• 9 Archons (Aristides)

• Council of 500 Bouleutai

• Assembly

• Pericles

• Pericles's Funeral Oration & Athenian citizenship

• Ostracism

• Problems with Athens

Chapter 15: Greek Warfare

• 2 causes of war & “threat” of war

• Trireme

• Hoplite soldier

• Phalanx

• After a battle

Chapter 16: Peloponnesian War

• How did it start?

• Pericles's plan

• Alcibiades and Athens

• Result of war
Possible Long Answer Questions:

• Who was Pericles? What position did he hold? What tenants of Athenian citizenship did he

identify and in what important speech? Did his leadership of Athens affect the Peloponnesian

War? Why or why not?

• Describe the ancient Greek fighting style. How were battles fought on land and at sea? What

happened after the battle had been fought?

• Describe the role women played in ancient Greece. What was life like for them? What were

they expected to do in Greece? How did Homer, in the Odyssey, describe the character of

Penelope and why is she viewed as a virtuous Greek woman?

• Compare and contrast the governments and societies of Sparta and Athens. What are the origins

of each city-state? How did their governments function? What did they think of one another and

why?